TV Casting: Cynthia Nixon Joins 'The Big C'

Cynthia Nixon has joined the cast of 'The Big C,' starring Laura Linney as a wife/mother/teacher who gets diagnosed with terminal cancer. The Emmy-winning 'Sex and the City' alum will appear in four episodes of the series, which officially debuts on Aug. 16. Gabourey Sidibe ('Precious') and Idris Elba ('The Wire') are also slated for recurring roles [Deadline Hollywood]

More casting news after the jump.

Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, will guest star on Lifetime's popular drama 'Army Wives.' Dr. Biden will pop on on the Aug. 15 episode when she visits Fort Marshall to kick off the post's annual Fun Run, a road race in support of a summer camp for kids of military families. The episode is also set to feature many real Army wives. [Lifetime]

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Who is the fool that feels a show like the Big "C" would be entertaining? When I was 5 my dad found out he had the big "C". I watched him die a slow, painful death, until I was 12, when he passed. A show like this cannot be funny, nor can it help anyone, who has lived through something like this, do anything but re-live terrible memories. What the hell has happened to the entertainment industry?